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administration than has been true in many decades. but that doesn't mean the answer is for romney to do what he did. first of all, mitt romney is ham fisted on this stuff, he tries to show what a tough guy he is. he tries to show what an ideologue he is, because he's accused of being a massachusetts moderate. he makes an extreme statement, like let the bottom fall out of the housing market, like corporations are people, my friend. and like this statement today in which he left out some crucial conjunctions. and what the republicans have tried to do over the last generation, with people like the late jack kemp and others, is to argue that they, meaning the republicans, and the conservatives and the free market have a better answer for the problems of the poor than the democrats do, this is what rush limbaugh was partly upset about, he was defending newt, also upset about the idea that mitt romney is accepting the safety net. he's sort of saying, well, for the poor people, we have the the democratic policies and let them have their thin
administration than has been true in many decades. but that doesn't mean the answer is for romney to do what he did. first of all, mitt romney is ham fisted on this stuff, he tries to show what a tough guy he is. he tries to show what an ideologue he is, because he's accused of being a massachusetts moderate. he makes an extreme statement, like let the bottom fall out of the housing market, like corporations are people, my friend. and like this statement today in which he left out some crucial...
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has the obama administration trampled on freedom of religion and freedom of conscience? joining me now, debbie wasserman schultz. you will pardon me for having a straight face while reading the most ludicrous title for a hearing in the house of representatives. >> they're pretty good at crazy titles for hearings. what's unbelievable, lawrence, about this entire issue is that instead of focusing on helping the president and congressional democrats get the economy turned around and create jobs and putting our nose to the grindstone and sitting around the table, locking ourselves in a room and not leaving until we can hammer out a way to do that, and do it together, and really, you know, continue to jump-start the economy the way president obama's been able to move us forward, we are actually debating contraception. contraception, in which 99% of women in america have used at some point in their life, and the republicans want to debate not just religious liberty. they want to debate allowing all employers who might have an objection to deny that coverage that president obam
has the obama administration trampled on freedom of religion and freedom of conscience? joining me now, debbie wasserman schultz. you will pardon me for having a straight face while reading the most ludicrous title for a hearing in the house of representatives. >> they're pretty good at crazy titles for hearings. what's unbelievable, lawrence, about this entire issue is that instead of focusing on helping the president and congressional democrats get the economy turned around and create...
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i know that based upon reports the obama administration gave this a lot of thought. a lot of discussion. >> there is mitt romney who has as bad a religion problem as anyone who's ever run for president trying to create a religion problem for president obama. a political religion problem. that's what we're talking about here. romney has a political religion problem. this is romney's attempt to swiftboat the president on religion. this is a much used page of the republican playbook. we saw it used against john kerry, who is a decorated war hero and combat veteran of the vietnam war. george w. bush took the more practiced route for the sons of privilege at the time by avoiding service in vietnam while being kolgcoddled in a national guard unit in texas. compared to john kerry, george w. bush had a war problem, as in experience at war, as in showing courage under fire literally under fire. george w. bush had carefully avoided combat while john kerry risked his life on the battlefield and so, of course, the republicans attacked john kerry's combat record. they took george
i know that based upon reports the obama administration gave this a lot of thought. a lot of discussion. >> there is mitt romney who has as bad a religion problem as anyone who's ever run for president trying to create a religion problem for president obama. a political religion problem. that's what we're talking about here. romney has a political religion problem. this is romney's attempt to swiftboat the president on religion. this is a much used page of the republican playbook. we saw...
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to learn from the mistake in the clinton administration on health care. look, this is not what's going to win the election or lose the election. this is silliness. what's going to win the election is this -- if president obama successfully tags romney with somebody you can't trust on the economy, which they believe, and if he manages to push that message, he wins. if mitt romney successfully tags obama with he mismanaged the economy, then romney wins. i think the president's got to continue on the line that he's taking. you cannot trust mitt romney to care about you, and most people believe in fact that mitt romney doesn't care about them. that's the line you've got to stick to. and all this other stuff is fluff and it's because it's the summer and there's not enough going on. after the turn in september, you won't hear much of this stuff any more because people won't write about it and they won't put it on television. >> howard fineman, i want to run a press theory by you. bill kristol editor of "the weekly standard" thinks he knows what bill clinton is
to learn from the mistake in the clinton administration on health care. look, this is not what's going to win the election or lose the election. this is silliness. what's going to win the election is this -- if president obama successfully tags romney with somebody you can't trust on the economy, which they believe, and if he manages to push that message, he wins. if mitt romney successfully tags obama with he mismanaged the economy, then romney wins. i think the president's got to continue on...
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the romney campaign was not concerned that the factory actually shut down not during the obama administration but during the administration of george w. bush. here to respond is the deputy manager of the obama re-election campaign stephanie cutter. thanks for joining me tonight, stephanie. >> thanks for having me. >> i interpreted here on this show last night the president's silver spoon comment to be a reference somewhat veiled reference to mitt romney, the president could hope some voters took that as a comparison to mitt romney. but i'm very surprised that mitt romney fell for it and actually tried to make it an issue himself. did you think you were going to get that lucky with mitt romney? >> well, you know, the president has said that he wasn't born with a silver spoon in his mouth before. and the point that he's making is that he's been the beneficiary of good policies that allows everybody to get ahead, not just those at the top. and mitt romney took that to mean that the president was talking about him. and instead of explaining how he's going to help everybody be successful, instead
the romney campaign was not concerned that the factory actually shut down not during the obama administration but during the administration of george w. bush. here to respond is the deputy manager of the obama re-election campaign stephanie cutter. thanks for joining me tonight, stephanie. >> thanks for having me. >> i interpreted here on this show last night the president's silver spoon comment to be a reference somewhat veiled reference to mitt romney, the president could hope...
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he called it, quote, a day of shame for the obama administration. secretary clinton is scheduled to depart china tomorrow. the next 24 hours are going to be critical for mr. chen and potentially for america's future relationship with china. this is what has happened so far. the next 24 hours are going to be really important. stay tuned. now, it is time for "the last word" with lawrence o'donnell. have a great night. >>> the mitt romney campaign moved to virginia today where it was michele bachmann's turn to pretend she never, ever said, over and over, that mitt romney cannot beat barack obama. >>> good morning. this is what victory looks like. >> michele bachmann is expected to endorse mitt romney. >> i am honored to be able to be here. >> a move that could help the presumptive republican nominee. >> to lend my voice. >> with skeptical conservative voters. >> she is a good one. >> michele bachmann's endorsement is good for mitt romney. >> better than newt gingrich. >> can he beat obama? >> no. are you calling mitt romney a liar? >> yes. >> he has to
he called it, quote, a day of shame for the obama administration. secretary clinton is scheduled to depart china tomorrow. the next 24 hours are going to be critical for mr. chen and potentially for america's future relationship with china. this is what has happened so far. the next 24 hours are going to be really important. stay tuned. now, it is time for "the last word" with lawrence o'donnell. have a great night. >>> the mitt romney campaign moved to virginia today where...
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administration for stimulus money for his district, while attacking the stimulus tonight just told sean what he wanted to hear. >> what i call crony capitalism, when you take money from successful small businesses, spend it in washington, on favor industries, on favored individuals, picking winners and losers in the economy, that's cronyism. that's corporate welfare. it doesn't work, it's never worked. the president is still wedded to it. >> of course, phony political hack paul ryan has no problem with spending taxpayer money. and of course paul ryan has no problem with cronyism, as today's "huffington post" reports, "veep pick paul ryan lobbied on behalf of companies who gave him campaign cash." "the post" reports that in one instance, ryan lobbied president bush's transportation secretary unsuccessfully to stop more regulation on the transportation of hazardous waste on behalf of a chemical company that was and has continued to be through this year a reliable ryan campaign donor. but poor sean hannity doesn't know any of that about paul, and, you know, how love is. if sean finds out a
administration for stimulus money for his district, while attacking the stimulus tonight just told sean what he wanted to hear. >> what i call crony capitalism, when you take money from successful small businesses, spend it in washington, on favor industries, on favored individuals, picking winners and losers in the economy, that's cronyism. that's corporate welfare. it doesn't work, it's never worked. the president is still wedded to it. >> of course, phony political hack paul ryan...
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even bill o'reilly had a problem with mitt romney's criticism of the obama administration. >> the statement that came from the administration was a statement which is akin to apology. and i think it was a severe miscalculation. >> now, i'm not sure the governor's correct on that. the embassy was trying to head off the violence. being conciliatory in that kind of a situation seems logical. >> romney apparently agrees with his bad reviews and has decided to back down from a fight with the president. >> no direct response. when the president says you shoot first and aim later. >> well, this is politics. i'm not going to worry about the campaign. >> president obama spoke today in colorado. >> we are going to bring those who killed our fellow americans to justice. i want people around the world to hear me, to all those who would do us harm, no act of terror will go unpunished. and i've directed my administration to do whatever is necessary to protect all americans who are serving abroad. >> the president also praised what our embassy chris stevens was trying to achieve before he was murdered. >>
even bill o'reilly had a problem with mitt romney's criticism of the obama administration. >> the statement that came from the administration was a statement which is akin to apology. and i think it was a severe miscalculation. >> now, i'm not sure the governor's correct on that. the embassy was trying to head off the violence. being conciliatory in that kind of a situation seems logical. >> romney apparently agrees with his bad reviews and has decided to back down from a...
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you and the obama administration given to the war on religion and how is it that your attempt is going to convert the country? >> that is a ridiculous and outrageous comment. i assume he was talking about the debate wed on contraception we had recently. i would like to comment, rush limbaugh was attacking a george town college student, and what governor romney said, it was not the language he would have used. i do not work for merriam webster, but i cannot think of words that were not outrageous. you played a speech of the vice president today about the choices the country is facing in terms of the tax policy and economic policy and are we going to be able to invest in things like rebuilding roads and bridges and medical research. that will be the debate. how do we have an economy that just does not recovery from the recession, but provides more middle class security. that is why we are focused to buffett rule, making sure that millionaires and billionaires do not pay less than middle class families. if we are going to have an economy where we are investing in education, we have to pay
you and the obama administration given to the war on religion and how is it that your attempt is going to convert the country? >> that is a ridiculous and outrageous comment. i assume he was talking about the debate wed on contraception we had recently. i would like to comment, rush limbaugh was attacking a george town college student, and what governor romney said, it was not the language he would have used. i do not work for merriam webster, but i cannot think of words that were not...
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the obama administration have to play three-dimensional chess. they have to do a proactive effort to get people out. they have to also protect the vote when people get to the polls. >> there was a website set up gottovote.org. wherever you live, type in your zip code, find out whatever you need to do to make sure you're fairly registered and your friends know as well. >> the most effective ad from the romney side to get obama voters to switch -- that's just the math from the last election to this election. is the one that says we understand why you voted for him. they have an ad that says we get it. we understand why you went for his hope message and he had a shot, he tried, he failed. it's time for change. it's one of those ads that says the guy just failed at this particular job. but we understand why you cast your vote four years ago. what's your answer to that approach? >> look, i think that's silly. that's the silliness of political sport. i think it's a very tough argument for them to make when you have folks like mr. mcconnell vowing his n
the obama administration have to play three-dimensional chess. they have to do a proactive effort to get people out. they have to also protect the vote when people get to the polls. >> there was a website set up gottovote.org. wherever you live, type in your zip code, find out whatever you need to do to make sure you're fairly registered and your friends know as well. >> the most effective ad from the romney side to get obama voters to switch -- that's just the math from the last...
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in just three and a half years of the obama administration, the chinese currency has increased 11%. president obama has gotten a little help from his friends on this one. democratic senator chuck shumer pushed a bill, but really it just required the secretary of the treasury to file a bunch of reports, analyzing chinese currency. it never even came to a vote in the house of representatives. but it was a very good way of showing the chinese how -- which is part of the game of playing tough with china. china does actually respond to the public pressure that senator schumer brings to the game and the public and private pressure that the obama administration brings to the game. so on monday night when you hear mitt romney once again say this. >> on day one i will label china a currency manipulator. >> don't expect the moderator to fact check him on that one, but you can tell everyone in your living room that mitt romney is lying once again. hi, i'm phil mickelson. i've been fortunate to win on golf's biggest stages. but when joint pain and stiffness from psoriatic arthritis hit, even th
in just three and a half years of the obama administration, the chinese currency has increased 11%. president obama has gotten a little help from his friends on this one. democratic senator chuck shumer pushed a bill, but really it just required the secretary of the treasury to file a bunch of reports, analyzing chinese currency. it never even came to a vote in the house of representatives. but it was a very good way of showing the chinese how -- which is part of the game of playing tough with...
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. >> it is a huge victory for the obama administration. >> the heart and soul of the arizona statute has been struck down. >> the heart of senate bill 1070 has been proven to be constitutional. >> did i miss something? >> i want whatever she's having. >> vindicated by the highest court in the land. >> this is not a victory for arizona. >> they just repeat over and over and over again. doesn't matter if it's true. >> perhaps she only read scalia's dissent. >> justice scalia today singling out president obama. >> it just shows you political scalia can be. >> how does this decision play out with latino voters? >> what document? there is no national i.d.. >> how does arizona ensure that this does not fall into racial profiling? >> it's almost a warning to the state. >> there's going to be a lot more litigation, particularly on racial profiling. >> this is probably the worst of all outcomes if you're mitt romney. >> why is governor romney in arizona? >> mitt romney, by happenstan happenstance -- >> he's in arizona -- >> holding a fund-raiser today in phoenix, arizona. >> this is a reminde
. >> it is a huge victory for the obama administration. >> the heart and soul of the arizona statute has been struck down. >> the heart of senate bill 1070 has been proven to be constitutional. >> did i miss something? >> i want whatever she's having. >> vindicated by the highest court in the land. >> this is not a victory for arizona. >> they just repeat over and over and over again. doesn't matter if it's true. >> perhaps she only read...
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administration, something that he agrees the obama administration. but he didn't do that. instead he tried to duck and weave, bob his way out of it and was unsuccessful. >> why didn't he get in trouble for this at his fancy private school that has things about all these things? maybe because his old man was governor. maybe because it was favoritism shown to him everyday of his life as he was proceeding through high school. oh, an ugly won. jonathan k. park, thank you very much. >> thanks, lawrence. >>> coming up, president obama uses a new politically powerful phrase, etch-a-sketch in response to mitt romney's unbelievable claim of credit for saving the auto industry. >>> and, conservatives are lying about the history of marriage, that it has always been for thousands of years a union between one man and one woman. the only way they can say that is they have never read their bibles. that is in tonight's rewrite. ant for 22 years. we processed on a given day about a million pieces of mail. checks, newspapers, bills. a lot of people get their medicatio
administration, something that he agrees the obama administration. but he didn't do that. instead he tried to duck and weave, bob his way out of it and was unsuccessful. >> why didn't he get in trouble for this at his fancy private school that has things about all these things? maybe because his old man was governor. maybe because it was favoritism shown to him everyday of his life as he was proceeding through high school. oh, an ugly won. jonathan k. park, thank you very much. >>...
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. ♪ something to me ♪ that nobody else could do >>> the obama administration is trying to stop republican attempts to suppress the vote. the gop responds by calling the president's behavior disgraceful and outrageous. that's next. >>> and later, does it matter that the shooting this weekend in wisconsin happened in a sikh temple instead of a mosque, a synagogue, or a church? silver and bronze... ♪ it's the red. it's the green and yellow. it's the red, white and blue. because at the olympic games, it's not the color you go home with that matters. it's the colors you came in and when colors mean this much, you can only trust them to tide. so help keep your country's colors true, with tide. olaf's pizza palace gets the most rewards of any small business credit card! pizza!!!!! [ garth ] olaf's small business earns 2% cash back on every purchase, every day! put it on my spark card! [ high-pitched ] nice doin' business with you! [ garth ] why settle for less? great businesses deserve the most rewards! awesome!!! [ male announcer ] the spark business card from capital one. choose unlimited re
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on fox news sunday, bill crystal actually found himself complimenting the obama administrations' record while advising the romney campaign to focus on the next four years instead of the last four years. >> if this election is just about the last four years, it's a muddy verdict. bush was president during the financial melt down, the obama team has turned that around pretty well. >> and david brooks thinks he knows a moderate republican when he sees one. and that mitt romney is faking it when he tries to sell right wing extremism. >> mitt romney does not have the passion for the stuff he's talking about. he's a problem sofr. i think he's a nonideological person. and he's faking it. >> rush limbaugh who pretty much hates everything that david brooks has to say, reacted this way to david brooks on his radio show today. >> ideological age that romney can't do it? isn't that why you told us he would be the best nominee? am i wrong -- am i missing something here? isn't that why brooks and others told us we had to nominate romney precisely because he wasn't ideological and that would be necess
on fox news sunday, bill crystal actually found himself complimenting the obama administrations' record while advising the romney campaign to focus on the next four years instead of the last four years. >> if this election is just about the last four years, it's a muddy verdict. bush was president during the financial melt down, the obama team has turned that around pretty well. >> and david brooks thinks he knows a moderate republican when he sees one. and that mitt romney is...
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. >> it's disgraceful that the obama administration first response was not to condemn attacks on our diplomatic missions but to sympathize with those who waged the attacks. >> justice will be done. >> team romney has -- >> we shouldn't be on an apology tour. >> the original statements by the cairo embassy were long before. >> six hours before these protests even started. >> it suggests a level of desperation. >> the desperate reach by mitt romney. >> that makes him look a little bit out of touch. >> contracts and tone deaf. >> how did mitt romney get into this mess? >> he needs to be severely aggressive. >> the first response to the united states must be outrage. >> be very aggressive. >> well he aggressively shot himself in the foot. >> do not seem crass. >> he has a tendency to shoot first and aim later. >>> today, mitt romney started a media controversy and media backlash for comments he made on the attack at the embassy in libya that killed four americans. obama said this moments ago in nevada. >> as for the ones we lost last night, i want to assure you we will bring their killer
. >> it's disgraceful that the obama administration first response was not to condemn attacks on our diplomatic missions but to sympathize with those who waged the attacks. >> justice will be done. >> team romney has -- >> we shouldn't be on an apology tour. >> the original statements by the cairo embassy were long before. >> six hours before these protests even started. >> it suggests a level of desperation. >> the desperate reach by mitt romney....
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>>> tonight the president's decision to accept the new reality of super-pacs, the obama administration's defense of their decision on contraception coverage in health care plan, and the momentous court decision in california reversing proposition 8. the proposition supported by mitt romney and the mormon church to ban marriage equality in california. we will have all of those stories coming up, but first, here are the latest results from the caucuses in minnesota and colorado and the primary in missouri. we start in missouri. nbc news declares rick santorum as the projected winner in the missouri republican primary. rick santorum will finish first, mitt romney second, and ron paul third. newt gingrich was not on the ballot in this missouri primary contest. the primary is non-binding, the missouri republican party will caucus later this year to allocate delegates during their convention. the delegate count will not change. mitt romney will still, after tonight, have 84 delegates, newt gingrich 23, rick santorum 14, and ron paul 11. in the minnesota caucuses with 13% of the vote in, rick s
>>> tonight the president's decision to accept the new reality of super-pacs, the obama administration's defense of their decision on contraception coverage in health care plan, and the momentous court decision in california reversing proposition 8. the proposition supported by mitt romney and the mormon church to ban marriage equality in california. we will have all of those stories coming up, but first, here are the latest results from the caucuses in minnesota and colorado and the...
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the obama administration, i think, was led to believe or believed that they were doing something that actually been done in 28 other states. my reading of the law says at this point the obama administration with its definition of the exemption is on its own with the narrowest exemption out there in law. >> well, i'm not as good on the areas you are, lawrence. i called a couple hospitals to day where i knew someone and could get some information because i called the huge hospitals, catholic hospital association, the long island catholic hospital group, and i kept being referred to the diocese. so the two hospitals where i called which are catholic hospitals, they do provide prescription drug coverage. i was told that they have to provide contraceptive coverage because it would be discriminating against a class that is child bearing women not to provide it. now to my mind that says, well, there's a countervailing law out there already from 2000 which says that you have to provide these drugs equally. >> yeah. there's a lot of confusion about this. i've been talking to a lot of people ab
the obama administration, i think, was led to believe or believed that they were doing something that actually been done in 28 other states. my reading of the law says at this point the obama administration with its definition of the exemption is on its own with the narrowest exemption out there in law. >> well, i'm not as good on the areas you are, lawrence. i called a couple hospitals to day where i knew someone and could get some information because i called the huge hospitals,...
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solicitor general donald virelli representing the obama administration ran in to trouble on that question. >> if they don't pay the tax, they violated a federal law. >> as long as they have paid the penalty. >> they paid the tax they are in compliance with the law. >> why do you keep saying tax? >> if they paid the tax penalty they are in compliance with the law. >> thank you. the penalty. >> the problem is if the supreme court views the mandate as a tax they might decide they cannot decide this case until mb somebody actually has to pay the tax in 2015. on the other hand, claiming the mandate is a tax will help in tomorrow's argument when they discuss the constitutionality of the mandate. because if the mandate is found to live under congress's constitutional power to tax, then, of course, it is constitutional. leave it to justice samuel ilie toe to highlight the difficult corner the administration painted itself in to on the question of is it or isn't it a tax. >> today you are arguing that the penalty is not a tax. tomorrow you are going to be back and you will be arguing that the pena
solicitor general donald virelli representing the obama administration ran in to trouble on that question. >> if they don't pay the tax, they violated a federal law. >> as long as they have paid the penalty. >> they paid the tax they are in compliance with the law. >> why do you keep saying tax? >> if they paid the tax penalty they are in compliance with the law. >> thank you. the penalty. >> the problem is if the supreme court views the mandate as a...
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mandate by the obama administration. mark scheels joins me, and don't be surprised if he says a few things you might not agree with. >>> and later, we'll be joined by the couple whose case overturned proposition 8 today in california. >>> and in the rewrite tonight, the susan g. komen foundation had a big resignation today, but the komen team still has not resigned themselves to telling us the truth. >>> the question to ask yourself is, can i really vote for a man who's running for president of the united states who ties his dog to the roof of his car? >> millions of americans out of work. foreclosures are at record levels. >>> thanks to a supreme court decision called citizens united, they are being helped along this year by special interest groups that are spending unlimited amounts of money on attack ads without ever disclosing who's behind all these attack ads. you don't know. it could be the oil industry. it could be the insurance industry. it could even be foreign-owned corporations. that's not just a threat to dem
mandate by the obama administration. mark scheels joins me, and don't be surprised if he says a few things you might not agree with. >>> and later, we'll be joined by the couple whose case overturned proposition 8 today in california. >>> and in the rewrite tonight, the susan g. komen foundation had a big resignation today, but the komen team still has not resigned themselves to telling us the truth. >>> the question to ask yourself is, can i really vote for a man...
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. >>> the obama administration is trying to stop republican attempts to suppress the vote. the gop responds by calling the president's behavior disgraceful and outrageous. that's next. >>> and later, does it matter that the shooting this weekend in wisconsin happened in a sikh temple instead of a mosque, a synagogue, or a church? hree, si♪ ♪ the goose drank wine ♪ the monkey chew tobacco on the streetcar line ♪ ♪ ♪ clap, pat, clap your hand ♪ pat it on your partner's hand ♪ ♪ right hand ♪ clap, pat, clap your hand ♪ cross it with your left arm ♪ pat your partner's left palm ♪ clap, pat, clap your hand, pat your partner's right palm ♪ [ male announcer ] it's back. the volkswagen beetle. that's the power of german engineering. [ male announcer ] it's back. the volkswagen beetle. we believe small things can make a big difference.e, like how a little oil from here can be such a big thing in an old friend's life. we discovered that by blending enhanced botanical oils into our food, we can help brighten an old dog's mind so he's up to his old tricks. i
. >>> the obama administration is trying to stop republican attempts to suppress the vote. the gop responds by calling the president's behavior disgraceful and outrageous. that's next. >>> and later, does it matter that the shooting this weekend in wisconsin happened in a sikh temple instead of a mosque, a synagogue, or a church? hree, si♪ ♪ the goose drank wine ♪ the monkey chew tobacco on the streetcar line ♪ ♪ ♪ clap, pat, clap your hand ♪ pat it on your...
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and i know that based upon reports, the obama administration gave this a lot of thought. a lot of discussion. >> e.j., as our senior religion analyst here, here we've moved beyond any suggestion that the president is a muslim. the only thing that polls worse among voters in terms of what makes them uncomfortable in a candidate religiously than muslim is being an atheist or an agnost agnostic, in this country where we claim to have no religious test, you must pass the religious test, that you believe in some version of religion, preferably christianity, according to all the polls. so here's romney saying that the obama administration is trying to establish a religion in this country known as secularism. where does he -- what's he trying to do with that? >> you know, with all those clips making fun of romney, you almost had me feeling sorry for romney. and then you showed that particular clip. i thought what was particularly troubling about it is when he said, there are reports that, you know, as if the government of the united states can declare a new religion. it's just v
and i know that based upon reports, the obama administration gave this a lot of thought. a lot of discussion. >> e.j., as our senior religion analyst here, here we've moved beyond any suggestion that the president is a muslim. the only thing that polls worse among voters in terms of what makes them uncomfortable in a candidate religiously than muslim is being an atheist or an agnost agnostic, in this country where we claim to have no religious test, you must pass the religious test, that...
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i understand, by the way, that the obama administration is going to work very hard to put free enterprise on trial. but you know what? it works. but the downside is sometimes businesses in trouble need to shed employment to ultimately survive and then hopefully grow again. that's what you've seen with general motors and chrysler and others. >> karl rove offers free advice to romney in today's wall street journal. most republicans will likely ignore much of the criticism over bain because they generally approve of successful business businessmen. that's not going to be the case in the general election. mr. romney can help himself enormously if he uses the weeks ahead to forcefully front this issue. and now for the disclaimer that is stuck in this teleprompter every time we say bain capital, nbc universal is each part of the weather channel. joining me now, host of msnbc's morning joe, joe scarborough. thanks for joining me tonight. >> i am bain capital along with you, lawrence. >> here we go. it's time for the class warfare starts right here right now. joe, you're down in florida. you are
i understand, by the way, that the obama administration is going to work very hard to put free enterprise on trial. but you know what? it works. but the downside is sometimes businesses in trouble need to shed employment to ultimately survive and then hopefully grow again. that's what you've seen with general motors and chrysler and others. >> karl rove offers free advice to romney in today's wall street journal. most republicans will likely ignore much of the criticism over bain because...
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he has also criticized president obama for publicly announcing the administration's withdraw, a plan saying that would innocent advise the taliban it wait out the withdraw. as of today the war in afghanistan left 1,948 u.s. troops dead and 15,786 wounded. joining me now democratic strategist and msnbc crystal ball and aol editorial director and msnbc political analyst howard fineman. thank you both for joining me. crystal, our assessment of the president's speech. >> i think he did a very good job. he does what he does best which is balancing the pragmatic and laying down five very concrete steps as to how we will end this conflict and tie it into american values and make it idealistic adds well. what came to mind for me with some of his rhetoric was ronald reagan and and he said here in the predawn darkness of afghanistan we can see a light of the new day on horizon. it is exactly that hopeful rhetoric that made us fall in love with this president in the first place. >> howard fineman, is hopeful rhetoric and an outline of where we go in the withdraw whab america was ready to here t
he has also criticized president obama for publicly announcing the administration's withdraw, a plan saying that would innocent advise the taliban it wait out the withdraw. as of today the war in afghanistan left 1,948 u.s. troops dead and 15,786 wounded. joining me now democratic strategist and msnbc crystal ball and aol editorial director and msnbc political analyst howard fineman. thank you both for joining me. crystal, our assessment of the president's speech. >> i think he did a very...
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but the obama administration proposed $478 billion in defense cuts. we don't agree with that. our budget rejected that. and then on top of that is another $500 billion in defense cuts. >> right. it's a trillion in defense spending and you voted for it. >> no. i. >> it's not just going to be the moderator. gym leer is going to do what he does. but then, you know, president obama is going to be standing there many when when you finished your answer. or joe biden is going to be standing there besides ryan. >> and you know what the magic was here? no matter how many times paul ryan said nora, the bottom line he was trying to sell that he voted for a bill but not the contents of the bill. did he just like who it was named after. you voted for the bill or you didn't. i think in your previous segment crystal got to this point. they've taken whatever it is we thought was good about paul ryan. i'm starting to think that maybe we were wrong about him. i was one of those people who thought this seems to be a sentient human being, they've subtracted al of that and he is like a second mitt
but the obama administration proposed $478 billion in defense cuts. we don't agree with that. our budget rejected that. and then on top of that is another $500 billion in defense cuts. >> right. it's a trillion in defense spending and you voted for it. >> no. i. >> it's not just going to be the moderator. gym leer is going to do what he does. but then, you know, president obama is going to be standing there many when when you finished your answer. or joe biden is going to be...
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. >>> and, later, president obama announced the newest member of his administration today not in the rose garden, in ohio. why was the president doing routine white house business in ohio? because it's an election year. and why did republican senator scott brown applaud the president's move? because it's an election year for him, too. that's coming up. wheeeeeeeeeeee! whee whee wheeeeeeeeeeee-he-he-heeeeee! whee whee wheeeeeeeeeeee! pure adrenaline. whee whee wheeeeeeeeeeee! everything you love about geico, now mobile. download the new geico app today. whee wheeeeeeeeeeee-he-he-heeeeee! >>> just because it's impossible for me to know the winner of iowa yet does not mean that i will be the first to call this race. who will already lose, jon huntsman, who is completely skipping iowa to focus on new hampshire and to add insult to injury, he added an insult. jim? >> they picked corn in iowa. they actually picked in new hampshire. >> yes. new hampshire picks presidents. just ask presidents buchanan, and keith. i find the omega choices overwhelming. then i found new pronutrients omega-3. i
. >>> and, later, president obama announced the newest member of his administration today not in the rose garden, in ohio. why was the president doing routine white house business in ohio? because it's an election year. and why did republican senator scott brown applaud the president's move? because it's an election year for him, too. that's coming up. wheeeeeeeeeeee! whee whee wheeeeeeeeeeee-he-he-heeeeee! whee whee wheeeeeeeeeeee! pure adrenaline. whee whee wheeeeeeeeeeee! everything...
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and i know that based upon reports, the obama administration gave this a lot of thought. a lot of discussion. >> that's the kind of outright lie, effortless lie, that's getting romney a very low score on honesty and trustworthiness. and it's the kind of lie that romney's trying to tell specifically in order to win in the category of shares your values. but president obama has a 12-point lead over mitt romney on shares your values. 49-37. the president also has a 12-point lead on agrees with you on the issues, 49-37. and the president has a huge lead with the three most important classes of voters for actually winning the electoral college. the president has a 15-point lead on "in touch with moderates," 48-33. the president has an 18-point lead on "in touch with the middle class." 51-33. and the president has a stunning 28-point lead over mitt romney on "in touch with women's issues. 55-27%. here is mitt romney's basic case for why he should be elected to replace president obama. >> we're all working together because of our passion for this country and our concern that it'
and i know that based upon reports, the obama administration gave this a lot of thought. a lot of discussion. >> that's the kind of outright lie, effortless lie, that's getting romney a very low score on honesty and trustworthiness. and it's the kind of lie that romney's trying to tell specifically in order to win in the category of shares your values. but president obama has a 12-point lead over mitt romney on shares your values. 49-37. the president also has a 12-point lead on agrees...
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. >> we have a response to a challenge issued to the obama administration. >> this is a very grudging response -- >> this is a -- >> barely -- >> biggest letter we've ever put up here. this is eric holder, the attorney general's response to judge jerry e. smith who ordered the justice department lawyer in the health care -- the case that was hearing one provision of the health care law to respond with a three page. and you'll see up there three pages, single-spaced, explaining, does the president understand that the courts are allowed to review the constitutionality of laws. and eric holder's letter says the power of the courts to review the constitutionality of legislation is beyond dispute. and he has three pages of more words. that don't mean very much -- >> 2 1/2 pages. >> yeah, he did the three-page thing the way i used to do in college. here's your third page -- well, there it is up on the big board, it's a tiny little page. steve, what are the politics of this? it's hard to believe that the attorney general said, okay, we'll engage in this without thinking what does this mean t
. >> we have a response to a challenge issued to the obama administration. >> this is a very grudging response -- >> this is a -- >> barely -- >> biggest letter we've ever put up here. this is eric holder, the attorney general's response to judge jerry e. smith who ordered the justice department lawyer in the health care -- the case that was hearing one provision of the health care law to respond with a three page. and you'll see up there three pages,...
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administration coming in. because it's that kind of thinking and that kind of writing that is sorely needed right now. and i think a lot of people would observe right now that we are living in an ayn rand novel, metaphorically speaking. but more the issue is this, the issue that is under assault, the attack on democratic capitalism, on individual freedom in america, is an attack on the moral foundation of america. and ayn rand, more than anyone else, did a fantastic job of explaining the morality of capitalism, the morality of individualism, and this to me is what matters most. >> so there he is, praising ayn rand's morality. there's paul ryan in 2009, still citing ayn rand as the moral philosopher who guides his thinking about capitalism and government. but fox news viewers didn't see that video and they never will see that video of paul ryan, for two reasons. one, it would involve brit hume or someone working for brit hume today to have done some homework. and two, brit hume's job nowadays, after a distingui
administration coming in. because it's that kind of thinking and that kind of writing that is sorely needed right now. and i think a lot of people would observe right now that we are living in an ayn rand novel, metaphorically speaking. but more the issue is this, the issue that is under assault, the attack on democratic capitalism, on individual freedom in america, is an attack on the moral foundation of america. and ayn rand, more than anyone else, did a fantastic job of explaining the...
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administration, which is -- i don't believe is concerned about jobs. the decision was made with the pipeline to scuttle it. it makes absolutely no sense. what he was saying today resonated very well with democratic jefferson county. and i will tell you that when rick santorum is the nominee in the fall, he is going to do exceedingly well in the appalachian part of the state of ohio as well as the rest of the part. he's going to do well in the democrat part. let me get to your question. look, what he was saying, i think, is a fact. and the fact is, 90% of down syndrome children are aborted in this country. you know, maybe some people don't think that's a problem. i'm shocked by it. i think it's a sad, sad commentary. and what he was simply saying is, the government should not compel every insurance policy that is written to cover that. i'll tell you a personal story. you know, my wife was 44 years old. we have eight children, 44 years old when we had our last child. the doctor asked her if she wanted to have this done. and she looked at him and she said
administration, which is -- i don't believe is concerned about jobs. the decision was made with the pipeline to scuttle it. it makes absolutely no sense. what he was saying today resonated very well with democratic jefferson county. and i will tell you that when rick santorum is the nominee in the fall, he is going to do exceedingly well in the appalachian part of the state of ohio as well as the rest of the part. he's going to do well in the democrat part. let me get to your question. look,...
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administration. >> i should tell you, honestly, that this administration, under president obama, is doing in regard to our security more than anything that i can remember in the past. >> romney's tax problem followed him to israel in the person of abc's david muir. >> was there ever any year that you paid lower than the 13.9%? >> well, i haven't calculated that. i'm happy to go back and look, but my view is i have paid all the taxes required by law. >> you say you would go back and look. you would look for us? >> i -- i haven't looked at the tax rate paid year by year. i know that i pay a very substantial amount of taxes, in every year, uh, since the beginning of my career, so far as i can recall. >> according to a transcript of the unedited part of that interview, mitt romney also made this admission. "from time to time, i've been audited, as happens, i think, to other citizens as well, and the accounting firm which prepares my taxes has done a very thorough and complete job paying taxes as legally due." joining me now, co-host of msnbc's "the cycle," steve kornacki and "newsweek"
administration. >> i should tell you, honestly, that this administration, under president obama, is doing in regard to our security more than anything that i can remember in the past. >> romney's tax problem followed him to israel in the person of abc's david muir. >> was there ever any year that you paid lower than the 13.9%? >> well, i haven't calculated that. i'm happy to go back and look, but my view is i have paid all the taxes required by law. >> you say you...
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here is team romney's newest attempt to win ohio. >> in 2009, under the obama administration's bailout of general motors, ohio dealerships were forced to close. >> that is a curious way to advertise, considering that mitt romney wrote an editorial in "the new york times" in 2008 saying, let detroit go bankrupt. and in may romney said this -- >> my own view, by the way, is that the auto companies needed to go through bankruptcy before government help. and, frankly, that's finally what the president did. he finally took them through bankruptcy. that was the right course i argued for from the very beginning. so i'll take a lot of credit for the fact that this industry's come back. >> joining me now, howard fineman, "huffington post" editorial director and msnbc analyst and david cay johnston, pulitzer prize winning columnist for reuters. david, take us through this tax argument that's going on now between the two campaigns. >> well, the president is doing something that his predecessors did not, and that is explaining how this really works. so if you make less than $200,000 a year, if you
here is team romney's newest attempt to win ohio. >> in 2009, under the obama administration's bailout of general motors, ohio dealerships were forced to close. >> that is a curious way to advertise, considering that mitt romney wrote an editorial in "the new york times" in 2008 saying, let detroit go bankrupt. and in may romney said this -- >> my own view, by the way, is that the auto companies needed to go through bankruptcy before government help. and, frankly,...